Issue 7, 2020

Ecklonia radiata extract containing eckol protects neuronal cells against Aβ1–42 evoked toxicity and reduces aggregate density

Abstract

Brown seaweed (Phaeophyceae) polyphenolics such as phlorotannins are ascribed various biological activities, including neuroprotection. Of these seaweeds, Ecklonia radiata (E. radiata) is found abundantly along South Australian coastal regions; however it has not been explored for various biological activities relative to any component phlorotannins previously ascribed neuroprotective capacity. In the present study, we evaluated neuroprotective activity against the neurotoxic amyloid β protein (Aβ1–42) of an ethanol extract of E. radiata compared with various additional solvent-solubilised fractions in a neuronal PC-12 cell line. The ethyl acetate fraction comprising 62% phlorotannins demonstrated the most efficacious neuroprotective activity, inhibiting neurotoxicity at all Aβ1–42 concentrations. In addition, this fraction demonstrated a significant reduction in Aβ aggregate density, but did not alter overall aggregate morphology. Centrifugal partitioning chromatography was used to isolate the major component, eckol, in high yield and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry was used to characterize the major components of the ethyl acetate fraction. Our results demonstrate that the prevalence of eckol-type phlorotannins are associated with neuroprotective bioactivity of E. radiata, suggestive of potential nutraceutical and biopharmaceutical uses of this brown seaweed phlorotannin in dementia.

Graphical abstract: Ecklonia radiata extract containing eckol protects neuronal cells against Aβ1–42 evoked toxicity and reduces aggregate density

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
02 Jun 2020
Accepted
02 Jul 2020
First published
02 Jul 2020

Food Funct., 2020,11, 6509-6516

Ecklonia radiata extract containing eckol protects neuronal cells against Aβ1–42 evoked toxicity and reduces aggregate density

S. Shrestha, W. Zhang, A. J. Begbie, T. L. Pukala and S. D. Smid, Food Funct., 2020, 11, 6509 DOI: 10.1039/D0FO01438A

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